Senior Vice President and General Counsel at SourceAmerica in Vienna, Virginia

Job Description:

The SourceAmerica story is an inspirational one. For more than 40 years, SourceAmerica is the country’s leading source of job opportunities for people with significant disabilities. Through our network of nonprofits, we supply products and services that meet the strictest quality standards, at a competitive price, and utilize a dedicated workforce of professionals with disabilities. Learn more about us at: https://www.sourceamerica.org/about

SourceAmerica is looking for a talented Sr. Vice President and General Counsel to join its Vienna, Virginia-based team.

We want to add a team member who has the best opportunity for success with our organization. Here are a few experiences/skills that are ideal for our needs:

• Have you worked for a federally funded organization or a non-profit organization and understand the legal structure, contracts management requirements, and legal reporting requirements of this type of organization?


• Have you led a team assigned with multiple business functions including meeting the legal demands of the business but also business integrity and ethics, and information governance?


• Do you have experience of strong fiscal controls and budget management?

If you’ve had similar experiences or have those skill sets, please read the following summary of the requirements of this position. Please keep in mind this is a summary and an official job description will be provided to candidates at the time of their interview.

Job Summary

The Senior Vice President and General Counsel leads corporate, strategic, and tactical legal initiatives by serving as an all in-house legal counsel, management of all outside legal counsel and consultant teams, information governance and business integrity and ethics. This position reports to the CEO of the organization, serves on the Executive Leadership Team, and is the top advisor on all company legal matters.

Here are some of the functions of this job; a full job description will be given to candidates in the interview process.

Essential Functions

General Counsel

• Provide the board of directors, CEO, and senior leadership with effective legal advice and counsel on company legal and business strategies and their implementation.


• Provide day-to-day company legal advice and counsel regarding complex business transactions, critical negotiations, and commercial and government contracts.


• Develop and lead corporate legal strategy to promote and protect SourceAmerica and AbilityOne Program interests.


• Evaluate the merits of major disputes and court cases filed against or on behalf of the company and create and define strategic offensive and defensive strategies. Timely inform the appropriate executives and board members on the status of each matter and obtain authorization for settlement as required.

Department Management

• Manage the legal function which includes information governance, business integrity, and ethics. and the management of the function includes engaging retaining, and overseeing the work of both internal teams as well as the use of outside counsel teams that may include experts, witnesses, etc.


• Oversee long-term strategy as well as day-to-day operations of the attorneys, business integrity and ethics and information governance staff.


• Oversees and appropriately manages the budget for the department and overall legal spend across the organization. Cost management is a key performance indicator for all SourceAmerica Business Units.
  


• Select, retain, manage, and evaluate all legal team staff and outside counsel.

All of our employees participate in the following:

• Actively participate in SourceAmerica’s Everyday Performance Management program


• Cooperate fully with meeting the requirements of the Cooperative Agreement of the AbilityOne Commission


• Perform additional duties and participate in special projects as assigned

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study from an accredited institution


• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited institution


• Bar licensure in good standing, preferably in the states of Virginia, Maryland, or District of Columbia


• 20 years of combined legal experience with the following minimums:
  
  
  
  • 5 years of in-house counsel experience
  
  
  • 5 years of experience as a practicing attorney with a focus on federal contracting or related field
  
  
  • Experience managing other attorneys and supervising support staff in a corporation, as well as experience with cost effective management of outside legal resources.
  
  
  • Experience working on matters of corporate governance and with a board of directors
  
  
  
  

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills

• Possess knowledge of AbilityOne Program, as well as knowledge of federal and state contract procurement laws and legislation. Ability to develop a thorough and working knowledge of the Cooperative Agreement and its importance to SourceAmerica’s role within the AbilityOne Program


• Understanding of federal legislation procedures, lobbying, and


• Detailed knowledge of federal contracting practices

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to effectively collaborate with individuals and teams across a 400+ organization with a national footprint


• Proficiency in MS Office including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word


• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships


• Strong oral and written communication skills, including grammar and proofreading skills


• Strong organizational skills


• Capable of working independently and solving problems under time pressure


• Flexible schedule and some travel required during certain time periods


• Commitment to fulfilling SourceAmerica’s mission, vision, and values


• Exhibit SourceAmerica’s STAR behaviors


• Willingness to follow SourceAmerica’s Code of Conduct

Benefits

SourceAmerica offers a comprehensive, flexible, and market-competitive benefits program including: paid holidays, vacation time, sick leave, health insurance, and retirement benefits.

SourceAmerica is an equal employment opportunity employer. View our EEO Policy here: https://www.sourceamerica.org/sites/default/files/eeo-policy.pdf

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